Cubao Cathedral

Immaculate Conception Cathedral
Location	Lantana St., Cubao, Quezon City
Country	Philippines
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Founded	July 15, 1950 (1950-07-15)
Dedication	Immaculate Conception
Administration
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao
Province	Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manila
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Most Rev. Honesto Ongtioco
Pastor(s)	Rev. Fr. Moises M. Cabrera

The Immaculate Conception Cathedral, a.k.a. Cubao Cathedral.

Cubao Cathedral, formally known as the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church located at Lantana Street, Cubao, Quezon City in the Philippines. It is the cathedral or seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao. It is also part of the Vicariate of the Holy Family. It was created in 1950, by the Society of the Divine Word, belonging to them until 1990, when the Archdiocese of Manila took over the administration. On August 28, 2003, the Diocese of Cubao was inaugurated, with the elevation of the parish into the status of a cathedral. The present rector of the cathedral is Very Rev. Fr. Moises M. Cabrera.

History

The Schedule of Services in the Cubao Cathedral.

During the Allied liberation period of World War II, Fr. Henry Demond, SVD, took the initiative of attending to the pastoral and spiritual needs of a limited community around Manga road in Cubao first by celebrating Mass in a private residence. Later the Sunday Service was transferred to a quonset mess hall abandoned by the combined US & Philippine Commonwealth Armed Forces situated on Spence-Brooklyn Streets. The setting of the place at that time was a ricefield. The farmers tilling the rice paddies invoked San Isidro, the Farmer, so the chapel that was built later became known as San Isidro Chapel. It belonged to the Sacred Heart Parish of Kamuning, in Quezon City. Fr. Panfilo Gianan succeeded Fr. Demond. While teaching as theology professor at Christ the King Mission Seminary and later as Prefect of Scholastics, Fr. Ambrosio Manaligod consistently lent a helping hand to the pastoral work of the parish especially in the direction of lay organizations.

In 1949 the patron was changed to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. The following year, on July 15, 1950, the chapel community of the faithful was elevated into a parish. The first parish priests were: Fr. Juan Simon, an Argentinian (1950-1954); he was succeeded by Fr. Alois Vogel, a German (1954-1056); and then, Fr. Benito Rixner (1956-1958), also a German. For years the parish remained under the pastoral care of the priests of the Society of the Divine Word. Pastoral supply work on Sunday and weekdays went handy due to the proximity of the church of Christ the King Mission Seminary, the main residence of the SVD missionaries.

In 1989 the SVD Superiors, in keeping with the missionary spirit marked out in the SVD Constitutions, offered the parish to the Archdiocese of Manila. The transfer took place at Easter in 1990 with Msgr. Reynaldo Celso as the First Diocesan Parish Priest. Now, the Immaculate Conception Parish is the Seat of Diocese of Cubao.

Parochial Boundaries

Areas covered are from EDSA-Santolan Road to EDSA-Ermin Garcia Ave.

Address

39 Lantana Street, Cubao, Quezon City 1109

Ecclesiastical Territory

Previously, the Immaculate Conception Cathedral belonged to the Archdiocese of Manila. It became the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao on August 28, 2003.

Pastors

The Chancery Building of the Cathedral of Cubao.

Below is the list of parish priests. Upon the elevation of the parish into a cathedral in 2003, Msgr. Daniel Sta. Maria became the first rector of the cathedral.

Under the administration of the Society of the Divine Word

Name	Years of Pastorship	Present Assignment
Fr. Juan Simon, SVD	1950 to 1954
Fr. Alois Vogel, SVD	1955
Fr. Benito Rixner, SVD	1956 to 1958
Fr. Anselmo Bustos, SVD	1959 to 1962
Fr. Jose Lazo, SVD	1963
Fr. John Sleumer, SVD	1964
Fr. Francis Kutscher, SVD	1965 to 1970
Fr. George Harwardt, SVD	1971 to 1979
Fr. Liberato Fernandez, SVD	1980 to 1990

Under the administration of the Diocesan Clergy

Name	Years of Pastorship	Present Assignment
Rev. Msgr. Reynaldo Y. Celso	1990 to 2000	on Sabbatical Leave, Archdiocese of Manila
Rev. Msgr. Daniel B. Sta. Maria,	2000 to 2006	Christ the King Parish (Greenmeadows, Quezon City)
Rev. Msgr. Alfonso A. Bugaoan, Jr.,	2006 to 2009	Most Holy Redeemer Parish (Araneta Ave., Quezon City)
Rev. Fr. Moises M. Cabrera	2009–present

Gallery

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  Front View of the Cubao Cathedral.

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  Side view of the Cubao Cathedral.

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  Chapel of the The Nativity of Our Lady Cubao Cathedral.

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  The Altar of the Nativity of Our Lady under the Main Sanctuary of the Cathedral.

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  St. Pancratius

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  A Painting of the Baptism of Christ in the Nativity of Our Lady Chapel.

See also

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao
• Archdiocese of Manila

Resources

• The 2008–2009 Catholic Directory of the Philippines (published by Claretian Publications for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, June 2008)